§ *SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether it is true, as stated in the papers, that under pressure of European Powers, Japan has agreed to give up the occupation of the Liao Tung Peninsula?
§ SIR E. GREYWe understand that an arrangement has been come to between certain Powers which have been engaged in negotiations as to the terms of peace. But I cannot add anything to what has already been made public in other quarters.